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6 New Orleans officers charged in Katrina shootings
Loading ...Six New Orleans police officers have been charged with federal civil rights violations in the deadly shootings of unarmed people on a bridge in the chaos after Hurricane Katrina, the Justice Department said Tuesday.
Federal prosecutors unsealed a 27-count indictment that charged three officers and one former officer with the killing and subsequent coverup of the deaths of James Brissette, a 17-year-old New Orleans resident, and Ronald Madison, a 40-year-old man who had disabilities and was shot in the back.
The officers were armed with two AK-47 assault rifles, a shotgun and an M-4-type assault rifle, among other weapons, during two incidents that occurred within minutes of each other on the Danziger Bridge a few days after Katrina hit the city. If convicted, they could face the death penalty.
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